Word Type

Noun

The word "illiteracy" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

can can read literacy literacy literate read

Coordinate Terms

innumeracy semiliteracy subliteracy

Derived Terms

computer illiteracy e-illiteracy

Derived From

illiterate literacy

Distinct From

literate reading

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ignorance inability

Type Of (IsA)

disadvantage for adult ignorance inability

Related Terms

aliteracy alphabetism illiterate

Related Terms

aliteracy alphabetism can can not cannot cannot read cant cant read ill illiterate inability literate not read reading reading inability schools uneducated unreadable write

Synonym Network

analphabetism

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.